#DADEBD
Oat · very light warm green
About #DADEBD
#DADEBD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 87% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Oat (ΔE 9.2); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C1BDDE — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #DADEBD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.16:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #DADEBD
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How #DADEBD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #DADEBD?
#DADEBD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 87% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #DADEBD?
Use black text. Black on #DADEBD has a contrast ratio of 15.16:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #DADEBD?
Its complementary colour is #C1BDDE, and analogous partners are #DED2BD and #CADEBD.